Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos will fly to space at their own risk. Does that make it right for everyone?

Leading Republicans on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee disagree. In a letter last week to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Reps. Frank D. Lucas (Okla.) and Brian Babin (Tex.), whose district is outside of Houston, wrote that “additional regulation at this point would stifle innovation, export technology, talent, and tax dollars overseas, and undermine American leadership in space.”